By Stephen D. Wilson | December 22, 2020 On December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (CASE Act), as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. The CASE Act provides a voluntary small claims system to adjudicate copyright infringement claims that do not [...]
Trial attorneys John H. Adams and Matthew P. Massey of Beggs & Lane secured a verdict on behalf of a disabled U.S. Army Veteran in a federal civil rights jury trial this week. Over five years ago, the Marine Corps League of Pensacola introduced our partner John H. Adams to [...]
By Stephen D. Wilson | October 15, 2020 The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has become the 107th member of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (Madrid System). On October 12, 2020, Trinidad and Tobago deposited an instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol with the World [...]
Carolyn Cerda, an anchor at WEARTV, stopped by the Beggs & Lane office to interview attorneys Dave McGee and Nix Daniel about the kidnapping of former FBI agent Bob Levinson. Dave has assisted the family for the last 13 years in a quest to bring Bob home and hold those responsible for this [...]
The day following the abduction of Robert Levinson in March, 2007, David L. McGee, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and friend to Mr. Levinson and his family, was told by Chris Levinson, Bob’s wife, of his disappearance. Since that day, Dave, Sonya Dobbs, his paralegal, and others on the Beggs [...]
Beggs & Lane will remain closed on Friday, September 18. Currently our building is without power, and our email server and phones are down as well. Crews are working hard to get electricity back to the area, and we will respond to emails and voicemails as soon as possible. An [...]
Beggs & Lane partner Robert L. Jones III and associate Adam Royal recently represented Coastal Electrical Construction, LLC in its sale to BHI Energy. Learn more here.
The Board of Directors and staff at Junior Achievement of Northwest Florida have announced that Beggs & Lane has been named Junior Achievement’s Professional Business Partner of the Year. Each year, Junior Achievement recognizes individuals and businesses in the community that have given considerable time as volunteers and help area [...]
On July 2, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Announced 75 Appointments and Reappointments to Florida’s Judicial Nominating Commissions (JNC), of those announced we're proud to say that our Partner Robert L. Jones, III was named to the 1st Circuit JNC. The JNC is a non-partisan nine-member commission of lawyers and non-lawyers [...]
For more than 130 years, Martindale-Hubbell has been evaluating attorneys for their legal ability and ethical standards through a Peer Review Rating system. Beggs & Lane is proud to announce that all of its eligible attorneys are AV-Rated, the highest rating conferred. This is a significant accomplishment as each of [...]
